The first 40 of 100 farmers from across Guyana each received 100 black giant chickens on Friday from the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) as part of the government’s flood relief aid. In the coming months, some 10,000 of the large dual-purpose chickens will be distributed in phases; it comes almost a year after one…
Guyana’s participation in the Pan Am Individual Badminton Championship ended without a medal, but the four-member team recorded Guyana’s best performance at the event in El Salvador. Guyana, represented by Narayan Ramdhani, Priyanna Ramdhani, Akili Haynes and Tyrese Jeffery, reached the Round-of-16 in the Men’s Singles and Mixed Doubles and the Quarter-Finals of the Men’s…
Team Mohamed’s, through its principal Azruddin Mohamed, has invested significantly in the development of the athletes who recently represented Guyana at the 49th Carifta Track and Field Championship in Jamaica. The contingent returned with seven medals, two of which were gold, and to ensure they continue to proudly represent the nation, Mohamed will sponsor the…
Weeks after he led a government outreach to Linden, Region 10, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday reassured residents that the government will deliver on all promises made, particularly as it relates to job creation and wider housing and infrastructural development. But in offering those reassurances Jagdeo said residents must be wary of the…
Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Friday recused herself from presiding over the trial of former Minister of Finance Winston Jordan who is accused of misconduct in public office. Jordan, who served as Finance Minister under the previous APNU+AFC government from 2015 to 2020, is currently before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and is out on $3…
The Opposition is not taking kindly to statements made by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, blaming the former APNU+AFC for the current financial state of the National Insurance Scheme. Jagdeo told Berbicians during a visit that the NIS is now in a bankrupt state and that should be blamed on the former government because of its…
Preliminary analysis of the ‘whitish hard’ substance found in the back seat of the vehicle where two friends were found dead last week has confirmed the presence of cyanide, the Ministry of Home Affairs revealed on Friday evening. The samples removed from the stomachs of the young men will now be sent overseas to confirm…
The body of 53-year-old Corentyne resident Waynumattie Permaul was this morning discovered in shallow grave in her Kilcoy Chesney yard, seven days after she went missing. The woman’s husband, Avemanen Permaul has since been arrested for the murder and has reportedly confessed to the crime. The murdered woman was the mother of Guyanese cricketer, Veersammy…
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday defended the 2006 investment of $2.5 billion made by the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) in the construction of the Berbice Bridge although the pension fund is now operating at a deficit. During a press conference at the Office of the President, Jagdeo told reporters that already NIS has…
Family members of the two men found dead in a car in the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel are still making final funeral arrangements as they await the completion of the investigation and the green light from the Police for them to cremate the remains. While the Police have released the bodies to the…
